Patents by Inventor Motoshi Yamaguchi
Motoshi Yamaguchi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 10791279Abstract: There is provided a control device including a control unit configured to perform exposure control of a first pixel group and exposure control of a second pixel group independently of each other, the first pixel group and the second pixel group being disposed in a single imaging surface. The control unit controls gain or an exposure time of the first pixel group and gain or an exposure time of the second pixel group independently of each other.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2017Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Motoshi Yamaguchi, Daisuke Kasai
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Patent number: 10187583Abstract: There is provided a control device that controls exposure of a first pixel group and a second pixel group disposed in a single imaging surface. The control device performs exposure control of the second pixel group independently of exposure control of the first pixel group in accordance with a designated focus position.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2014Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Daisuke Kasai, Motoshi Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20180013943Abstract: There is provided a control device including a control unit configured to perform exposure control of a first pixel group and exposure control of a second pixel group independently of each other, the first pixel group and the second pixel group being disposed in a single imaging surface. The control unit controls gain or an exposure time of the first pixel group and gain or an exposure time of the second pixel group independently of each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2017Publication date: January 11, 2018Inventors: Motoshi Yamaguchi, Daisuke Kasai
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Patent number: 9736386Abstract: There is provided a control device including a control unit configured to perform exposure control of a first pixel group and exposure control of a second pixel group independently of each other, the first pixel group and the second pixel group being disposed in a single imaging surface. The control unit controls gain or an exposure time of the first pixel group and gain or an exposure time of the second pixel group independently of each other.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2014Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Motoshi Yamaguchi, Daisuke Kasai
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Patent number: 9438815Abstract: There is provided a control device including a setting unit configured to set a first control value used for performing exposure control of a first pixel group and a second control value used for performing exposure control of a second pixel group, the first pixel group and the second pixel group being disposed in a single imaging surface. The setting unit sets the first control value and the second control value to different values before a predetermined photometric process is executed.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2014Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Katsunari Oda, Motoshi Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20150181096Abstract: There is provided a control device that controls exposure of a first pixel group and a second pixel group disposed in a single imaging surface. The control device performs exposure control of the second pixel group independently of exposure control of the first pixel group in accordance with a designated focus position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2014Publication date: June 25, 2015Inventors: Daisuke Kasai, Motoshi Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20150181102Abstract: There is provided a control device including a setting unit configured to set a first control value used for performing exposure control of a first pixel group and a second control value used for performing exposure control of a second pixel group, the first pixel group and the second pixel group being disposed in a single imaging surface. The setting unit sets the first control value and the second control value to different values before a predetermined photometric process is executed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2014Publication date: June 25, 2015Inventors: Katsunari Oda, Motoshi Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20150181095Abstract: There is provided a control device including a control unit configured to perform exposure control of a first pixel group and exposure control of a second pixel group independently of each other, the first pixel group and the second pixel group being disposed in a single imaging surface. The control unit controls gain or an exposure time of the first pixel group and gain or an exposure time of the second pixel group independently of each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2014Publication date: June 25, 2015Inventors: Motoshi Yamaguchi, Daisuke Kasai
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Patent number: 7148928Abstract: In a digital camera 1, an interchangeable lens 3 is attachable to a camera body 2, and a lens ROM 30 is provided in the interchangeable lens 3. In the lens ROM 30, an ICC profile which is color compensate information particular to the interchangeable lens 3 is recorded. When photographing is performed with the interchangeable lens 3 attached, the ICC profile is associated with the obtained image data. Consequently, color compensate information can be set for each kind of interchangeable lens, so that color compensation reflecting the characteristic of the interchangeable lens can be appropriately performed on the image data.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2002Date of Patent: December 12, 2006Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jun Minakuti, Hiroshi Ueda, Motoshi Yamaguchi, Masahito Niikawa
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Patent number: 6707995Abstract: A photographing apparatus with a simple mechanism in which an AF sensor is employed as a light adjusting sensor. The apparatus includes a multi-AF sensor having a plurality of detecting areas for receiving light passing through a photographing lens, an AF controller for determining a focus area based upon signals outputted from the multi-AF sensor, and a light emitter for projecting light towards an object to be photographed. Prior to a main flash emission, the light emitter emits light preliminarily. On the basis of signals which are outputted from the detecting areas of the multi-AF sensor and which correspond to a reflected light from the object at time of emitting the preliminary flash light, a suitable area which outputs a suitable signal for photography is selected. On the basis of the signal of the suitable area thus selected, the amount of light of the main flash emission is determined.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2003Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsutomu Ichikawa, Norihiko Akamatsu, Motoshi Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 6577820Abstract: In a camera having an automatic flash light control system, a quantity of flash light illuminating an object is restricted by a value as an upper limit or a lower limit which is calculated by a distance to the object and an aperture value of a taking lens. When there is any factor for affecting the calculation of the value such as a high reflectance of the object, a specific lens system of the taking lens and a position of the flashing unit with respect to the camera, the limit value is compensated or the restriction by the value is release. When the flash light control has completed, the flash light control mode is distinguished by indication manner corresponding to the result of the actual flash light control.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2001Date of Patent: June 10, 2003Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.Inventors: Motoshi Yamaguchi, Tsutomu Ichikawa, Norihiko Akamatsu, Ichiro Tsujimura, Yasushi Hasegawa, Akio Nakamaru
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Publication number: 20030076424Abstract: An image processing system has a digital camera and a colorimeter, and radio data communications can be performed between the digital camera and the colorimeter. The colorimeter obtains a color component value in the direction of a subject and transmits the value to the digital camera. The color component value received by the digital camera is stored in an internal RAM. When the color component value is stored in the RAM at the time of image capturing, the digital camera performs white balance correction on captured image data on the basis of the color component value. Thus, white balance correction can be performed on the image data with high precision.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2002Publication date: April 24, 2003Inventors: Jun Minakuti, Hiroshi Ueda, Motoshi Yamaguchi, Tougo Teramoto, Masahito Niikawa
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Publication number: 20020164161Abstract: In a camera having an automatic flash light control system, a quantity of flash light illuminating an object is restricted by a value as an upper limit or a lower limit which is calculated by a distance to the object and an aperture value of a taking lens. When there is any factor for affecting the calculation of the value such as a high reflectance of the object, a specific lens system of the taking lens and a position of the flashing unit with respect to the camera, the limit value is compensated or the restriction by the value is release. When the flash light control has completed, the flash light control mode is distinguished by indication manner corresponding to the result of the actual flash light control.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2001Publication date: November 7, 2002Inventors: Motoshi Yamaguchi, Tsutomu Ichikawa, Norihiko Akamatsu, Ichiro Tsujimura, Yasushi Hasegawa, Akio Nakamaru
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Patent number: 6240252Abstract: A camera is provided with a distance measurement device having a plurality of distance measurement regions and outputting distance measurement information of each distance measurement region, a light adjustment device having a plurality of light adjustment regions including regions substantially coinciding with the distance measurement regions, and an auxiliary light emitting device for emitting auxiliary light in distance measurement. The auxiliary light emitting device emits auxiliary light when low contrast is detected in at least one of the plurality of distance measurement regions. When auxiliary light is emitted, the flash light emission quantity is controlled based on the distance measurement information in auxiliary light emission and an output from the light adjustment device.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 1999Date of Patent: May 29, 2001Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.Inventors: Motoshi Yamaguchi, Ichiro Tsujimura, Shigeto Ohmori, Tsutomu Ichikawa, Hiroshi Ueda, Tatsuya Suzuki, Akio Nakamaru
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Patent number: 6240253Abstract: An automatic-focusing camera is provided with a multiple-point distance-measurement device having a plurality of distance-measurement areas, a multiple-division photometry device having a plurality of photometry areas, and a multiple-division light-amount-control device having a plurality of light-amount-control areas. Part of the photometry areas and part of the light-amount-control areas correspond to the distance-measurement areas. When a taking lens is focused on a subject, its focus is locked. Out of the information obtained from the multiple-point distance-measurement device, a set of information obtained when the focus of the taking lens is locked is compared with a set of information obtained immediately before a shot is taken, and thereby a change in picture composition after the locking of the taking lens focus is detected. This makes it possible to achieve exposure control in ambient-light shooting and light amount control in flash shooting in accordance with a change in picture composition.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 1999Date of Patent: May 29, 2001Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.Inventors: Motoshi Yamaguchi, Ichiro Tsujimura, Shigeto Ohmori, Tsutomu Ichikawa, Hiroshi Ueda, Tatsuya Suzuki, Akio Nakamaru
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Patent number: 6185374Abstract: A mechanism, of a camera, to let a light adjustment operation for a flash light be performed with a higher precision in a shorter time. The mechanism includes: a first device for taking an image of a region to be photographed and for outputting image process information; a second device for detecting a main subject region and for detecting a background region on the basis of the image process information, in which the second device outputs main subject information upon the main subject region thus detected and outputs background information upon the background region thus detected; a third device for calculating a compensation value for light adjustment on the basis of the main subject information and on the basis of the background information; and a fourth device for controlling an amount of flash light emission at time of taking a photograph with an emission of the flash light on the basis of the compensation value for light adjustment.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 1999Date of Patent: February 6, 2001Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.Inventors: Motoshi Yamaguchi, Koutaro Kawabe, Reiji Seki, Akihiko Fujino
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Patent number: 6167200Abstract: A mechanism, of a camera, to let an exposure operation be performed with a higher precision in a shorter time. The mechanism includes: a first device for taking an image of a region to be photographed and for outputting image information; a second device for detecting a subject region on the basis of the image information and for outputting subject region information; a third device for outputting a plurality of photometric values relative to a plurality of divided photometric regions; a fourth device for selecting and outtputting at least one of the photometric values which are output from the third device, on the basis of the subject region information; and a fifth device for calculating an optimal exposure value on the basis of the at least one, selected by the fourth device, of the photometric values.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 1999Date of Patent: December 26, 2000Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.Inventors: Motoshi Yamaguchi, Koutaro Kawabe, Reiji Seki, Akihiko Fujino
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Patent number: 5860029Abstract: A camera system includes a camera device and a flash device. The camera device has a first mode where a control aperture value and a control shutter speed are automatically determined; and a second mode where the operator is allowed to determine either a control aperture value or a control shutter speed. The flash device is capable of emitting an instantaneous flash light and a prolonged flash light. The camera device includes a distance calculator operable to calculate a distance to an object and a light intensity calculator operable to calculate an intensity of a prolonged flash light for flash photography based on the calculated distance, a focal plane shutter having a front blind and a rear blind, and a controller operable to render the flash device emit a prolonged flash light at the calculated intensity from the start of travel of the front blind to the finish of travel of the rear blind.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 1997Date of Patent: January 12, 1999Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsutomu Ichikawa, Shigeto Ohmori, Motoshi Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Ootsuka, Keizo Kioku, Atsuhisa Ohno